Like Stories of Old | Escaping Our Mental Prisons: What Psychedelic Movies Are Really About @LikeStoriesofOld | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 52 minutes ago.
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About this video essay:
An analysis of psychedelia in cinema, and of the philosophical and neurological insights it provides
Content:
00:00 In Search of Dreams
02:09 Psychedelia in Cinema
03:55 The Psychedelic Mind
05:49 Primary and Secondary Consciousness
09:00 The Brain as an Interference Machine
11:51 The Void, Empty but Solid
15:10 Constrained By Ego
16:53 Experiencing the World Anew
18:42 The Journey Back
20:58 One Final Trip
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Media used:
2001: A Space Odyssey; A Scanner Darkly; Altered States; Annihilation; Batman Begins; Beef; Embrace of the Serpent; Enter the Void; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Ex Machina; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Inception; Midsommar; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Planet of the Apes; The Fountain; The Holy Mountain; The Matrix 1-4; The New World; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Tree of Life; The Wolf of Wall Street; The Worst Person in the World
Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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About this video essay:
An analysis of psychedelia in cinema, and of the philosophical and neurological insights it provides
Content:
00:00 In Search of Dreams
02:09 Psychedelia in Cinema
03:55 The Psychedelic Mind
05:49 Primary and Secondary Consciousness
09:00 The Brain as an Interference Machine
11:51 The Void, Empty but Solid
15:10 Constrained By Ego
16:53 Experiencing the World Anew
18:42 The Journey Back
20:58 One Final Trip
Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning:
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b
YouTube: youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning
Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning
Media used:
2001: A Space Odyssey; A Scanner Darkly; Altered States; Annihilation; Batman Begins; Beef; Embrace of the Serpent; Enter the Void; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Ex Machina; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Inception; Midsommar; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Planet of the Apes; The Fountain; The Holy Mountain; The Matrix 1-4; The New World; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Tree of Life; The Wolf of Wall Street; The Worst Person in the World
Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking
My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear
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Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com
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